This Week In The Blues: April 26 - May 02, 2026

About this episode

This episode covers significant events and artists in blues history for the week of April 26 - May 02, 2026.

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of April 26 - May 02, 2026. Some of the highlights include the “Mother of the Blues,” Ma Rainey, Louis “Blues Boy” Jones, and the day Mance Lipscomb recorded the track “Charlie James”. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook...

People in this episode

Host: Big Train and the Loco Motives

Topics covered

• Blues history
• Music highlights
• Artist features
• Recording events
• Weekly blues recap

Keywords

• blues
• Ma Rainey
• Louis Jones
• Mance Lipscomb
• Charlie James
• music history
• weekly recap

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Charlie James

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